Minister Di Maio at the Informal EU – Latin American and Caribbean Countries Ministers Meeting
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, took part on Monday in the Ministerial level EU video conference with Latin American and Caribbean Countries (LAC), aimed at relaunching and strengthening the strategic partnership between the EU and Latin American and Caribbean Countries, also in the context of combating the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Read more9th Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook meeting
On 15 December 2020, the meeting of the 9th Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook, co-chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, took place in virtual format. The Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook is an initiative for outlining the resources […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Di Stefano: Cybersecurity is a great opportunity for the country’s system
Deputy Minister, Manlio Di Stefano, spoke at the awards ceremony held this morning for the online CyberChallenge, organised by CINI’s National Cybersecurity Laboratory. CINI (National Inter-University Consortium for Informatics) involves more than 1300 informatics and informatics engineering lecturers, from 48 Italian Universities. This is the major Italian initiative for identifying, attracting, recruiting, and putting the […]
Read more70th Anniversary of the UNHCR
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, joins the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) emphasising that: “Since the early days of the Geneva-based organization, Italy has supported the protection of refugees and displaced and stateless persons as a prerequisite for building a […]
Read more6th Italy-Vietnam Joint Economic Committee
Today, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano has co-chaired, with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An, the 6th Italy-Vietnam Joint Economic Committee (JEC), in virtual format, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. At the virtual meeting, which has been attended remotely by numerous state administrations, trade associations and businesses, the participants have […]
Read more60th anniversary of the OECD
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), which was established with the ambitious goal of creating a community of Countries with common values, committed to improving the lives of their citizens and to making the multilateral approach prevail over national divisions. The world has changed over the last […]
Read moreMinister Luigi Di Maio receives the Netherlands’ Foreign Minister, Stef Blok, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has met the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Stef Blok, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a side meeting within the strategic Italian/Dutch Van Wittel – Vanvitelli Round Table. Minister Di Maio has first expressed the hope that bilateral cooperation will […]
Read moreVice Minister Del Re chairs the 5th Meeting of the Joint Development Cooperation Committee
The 5th annual meeting of the Joint Development Cooperation Committee, chaired by Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re, has been held today in virtual format. At today’s meeting, the Joint Committee has approved a package of initiatives in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, as well as the call for contributions in relation to initiatives promoted […]
Read moreExecution of Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam
Italy unreservedly condemns the execution of the Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam, which took place on 12 December 2020. Capital punishment is an inhumane, cruel and degrading treatment and can be accepted under no circumstances. Italy reiterates its commitment to the gradual abolition of capital punishment and launches a strong appeal to Iran to apply a […]
Read moreItaly-Uzbekistan Business Forum
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has participated today in virtual mode, together with the Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Investment and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan, Sardor Umurzakov, in the Italy-Uzbekistan Business Forum in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Manlio Di Stefano, and the bodies responsible […]
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